Configuring /etc/fstab

jlowell · Guru Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 389

OK, I've reached "19. Final steps: /etc/fstab". I ran

nano -w /etc/fstab

and up came the file without incident. Here's the question in a nutshell. I plan to install Lilo into root superblock, not /boot, such are the constaints of my setup here. Under these circumstances, what entries should I make for <opts> and <dump/pass> on the first line? The entries for <fs>, <mountpoint>, and <type> are /dev/hde6, /, and ext3 respectively. Truth be known, I'm lost here and if I were to make selections myself, it'd be a crap shoot. The rest of the file presents no problem, just this line. Directions, please?

jlowell

sa · Guru Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 450

if you dont want a separate partition for /boot just comment out the line containing /boot in your fstab. this way /boot will just be a directory instead of a mount point.
as for the pass option, this tells the system which order to check the filesystems, if its zero, it is ignored. (so you probably want your root partition to be 1).
Im not too sure about the dump option, I think its for making backup tapes or something...
for the <opts> option, you could just put noatime for faster hd access.

hth,
sa

jlowell · Guru Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 389

sa,

Enormously helpful! Thank you.!

jlowell